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I noticed on the news that a man won a lottery and when he arrived to claim his prize, he was requested to state or provide information about where he purchased the lottery ticket, which he couldn't do because he didn't know where he obtained it. It drew my interest, and I wondered if forum users could still tell where they purchased all of their lottery tickets in the previous six months (For those who still engage if physical tickets).

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If you’re interested in the news you can read it here: https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-man-can-t-collect-lottery-prize-after-he-forgets-where-he-bought-ticket-1.6924708

I have seen someone who had same experience and what causes this type of situation is playing bets at numerous gambling offices because when you gamble at different gambling offices then you may not know the exact office you place the bet except the agents address code is written on the bet slip.
          Though I don't know how long lottery tickets last but a gambler is supposed to know where he bought a lottery ticket so far as the tickets have not yet been confirmed. It will be so sad that a gambler managed to win a lottery and not able to make claims due to not knowing the exact place that the ticket was bought.


He didn't lost the ticket, he still has it in his possession just that he forgot where he bought it from, how can someone claim a lottery winning without the ticket it's impossible so in this case not that he lost the ticket.

Good news, after all...
After some pressure from the media, the casino felt forced to pay the prize to the winner. In this case the media was very helpful and the gambler should be really thanful to them for that. On the other hand, after reading these news, I wouldn't feel comfortable using OLG's gambling services as customer, because their excuses are shady and seem to have as main goal to scam the winners. If a gambler has a ticket and the ticket is awarded, they should just pay the prize to the individual claiming it. Maybe the winner doesn't want to reveal himself, so they shouldn't force him to do so.

Well, thankfully crypto gambling exists, so gamblers don't need to expose themselves to this kind of embarrassing situation.

The faintest pen is sharper than the sharpest memory, this situation would simply have been avoided if the man had simply written down on a separate dairy where and when the ticket was gotten from, as it is not also advisable to write on the lottery ticket or maybe just kept receipts.

I presume that he was not properly informed about the requirements to claim a lottery win, because if he was informed, he would have known that the where are when the ticket was purchased are likely questions to be asked when you want to claim your lottery win, and he would have detailed them.

Did you read the news from the link at all or just hurried to respond? It didn't say the man lost his lottery ticket.

I don’t buy lottery tickets but I imagine if I did I would be able to tell you where I bought them. At the very least I’d be able to give you a list of potential shops where I have purchased them in the past. The fact they even asked leads me to believe that someone likely complained about a theft of their ticket and this is the result.

This is on whats on my mind too on which trying to ask out on where that ticket been bought which gives out that suspicions that there's something behind those queries on which this is something that should really be personal. As for buying on physical lottery tickets then it would really be just that impossible that you cant really be able to remember specially if it was that 5-6 months ago and if you are getting used to buy on the same spot all over the years on betting on lotteries then it is really that unlikely that you do get lost and would definitely remembering everything. Just in case you have that mind or remember about buying on other outlets
then you would be definitely be considering on having that visit. Here in our country on which if ever you would be buying some tickets then there would really be some specific lottery outlet code numbers on which
just in case you are lost on where you are really that able to purchase those tickets then you could be able to trace them out manually.

There's a lot of lottery booth in my country but you can easily tell where you purchased your ticket because the result always came within the day and of course, you can't forget where you buy your ticket yesterday not unless you have a serious mental health problem. As a ticket bettor as well, we always monitor the result of lottery so I wonder if he didn't know he won the lottery on the day of the draw or he's not the one who purchase the ticket? I never forget where I bought my ticket.

Unless the lottery ticket was given to him for free or as a gift by someone, if not, how possible is it that one can't remember where they bought their lottery ticket from, or an event that he might have eventually won the ticket?
 
It might take him a little time to think, but it's not something that he can forget completely so easily. If it's a lottery ticket, he should go back to his credit card or debit card purchase history. Maybe he could be able to trace back where he made the purchase of tickets in the last few months.

Thanks for telling me this. When I clicked on the link, it was showing error but it later open the site for me without any problem. Even without the link, the post is self explanatory but I it was me that got it not right. I have deleted the post as it is not useful.

Some people can buy a ticket and not check it at all because they are thinking they can not win. But some months later he can see the ticket and later knew that he won the ticket.

Six months is quite a long period of time but I know that for a game I both the ticket within few days or weeks, I will be able to still maintain such ticket well enough and still be able to identify where the ticket was bought, it's something I cannot seem to forget so soon already because it's important to me, until I confirmed that such ticket has been lost or is a loser then I will discard it but anything contrary I still make sure to preserve it well enough and still make sure to keep in mind where and when I bought the tickets for reference purposes which is definitely not something I will just forget so quickly as it means a whole lot to .e already.

I imagine it’s a wake-up call for many lottery players to keep track of such crucial information. It’s easy to overlook these details when buying tickets regularly.

Can you imagine winning the lottery and then having it all fall apart because you forgot where you got the ticket? I know, right? It makes you wonder how many people keep track of where they buy their tickets, especially for those who play casually. Six months is a long time to remember! Maybe a little receipt holder keychain or something for lottery tickets would be a good idea...

Why does it matter where you bought the ticket? If you have the ticket that should be enough information to be able to track where it was bought and cross-check.
This is one of the more absurd stories and one further reason to pick the lotteries you're playing with carefully. Some companies place absurd rules on their punters that it can get crazy sometimes.

I remember with the U.S. power ball some players had to sue the company behind it after they won in order to claim their winnings because the company claimed that since they purchased the tickets while traveling out of their original state, they weren't eligible. Even with lotteries where your chances to win are very low, the companies hosting the games will often try to cheat players with weird shenanigans.

It is possible to forget especially if you are hopping from one lottery shop to another. You can easily recall if you are only buying tickets occasionally. But if you are a regular lotto bettor, that would be hard if and only if, you are buying in various outlets.

This is a hard lesson for any bettor who won his ticket. Remember, if you are spending such amount to buy the ticket, then, deep inside, you have the interest of winning. So you need to bear in mind the basic requirements needed to claim such winnings.

I don’t think that’s the reason because from what I read in the article it states that - lottery tickets that won up to a $1,000 dollar should be able to identify where they bought it from, if it was a case of theft then the identification process would have been implemented in all winning tickets and not just to a specific amount won.

I have heard of situations like this severally but all ended where the customers are awarded with the price. I can remember vividly that one of the occasions the gambler was able to identify where he staked the bet and the owner ot the bet shop assisted him to get his wins.

Most times casinos/bet companies usually don't want to give out wins to their customers especially when it's huge but at least the dude got his wins, he would have been robbed for his right for just his ticket meanwhile it has lasted for over 6 months they don't expect him to remember everything. Maybe for those of us who gamble alot and don't really care about tickets would see this as warning, thanks to the media for helping out.

It is easy to say that the man should have written down the location of where he purchased the tickets. But is the what all lottery ticket buyers do? Maybe in an ideal world. We don't do this because we buy not because we think our tickets will be the winning ticket but just to test our fate.

This is crazy. Well they should put some unique identifiers on the tickets so that by mere looking at the identifiers they can tell which store sold it and save their customers from such a stressful situation.

Not a big lottery person but my mom and some older folks in my fam are lol -- yeah, they bet on the good ol OTC shops

Considering their ages, 6 months would be too long to remember the shop exactly. I do think they could try to narrow down the locations as they're mostly shops they regularly go with.

I do get the interview questions they're asking but the process needs to be streamlined. Perhaps start recording basic data for each ticket? from I read, they're already recording data from those who bet online. Or these prerequisites needs to be reiterated on the ticket.

I don't know what the tickets are like out there.
However, don't they have the location where they were issued printed on the ticket itself?
Or are you talking about those pre-made tickets that are resold in various places? Like scratch cards, for example.

Here in Brazil, only lottery outlets, regulated by the federal government, can sell and issue lottery tickets. Even scratch cards can only be purchased in this type of establishment.
I've never seen this type of requirement here, the most they ask for is an official document with a photo and if the value of the prize is very significant, then you need to schedule an appointment at a bank branch to receive the value of the prize.

I think that the point of contention here, whether he purchased it from legitimate lottery shop or not. But it doesn't make sense though, how can someone is selling a fly by night lottery ticket specially in a top tier nation like Canada? But in any case, they've already paid the winner already as per the article and thanks to it being covered by media and so they are somewhat "forced" to pay it right away. And probably lesson for us to know where we buy our ticket, just in case it will be questioned specially if you hit the jackpot worth more than a million.

When we have subscribed to the place where we usually buy lottery tickets, we should remember where we bought them, regardless of how long ago we bought them, because we bought the lottery tickets only a few months, not many years. Even years of memory if we usually go to a place that we often visit, we can remember, if he really is the owner of the ticket, he can visit various places where he usually buys lottery tickets to see data information about his purchases, of course in each of these places there is information about him who really bought the ticket because the winnings no have which is small and the casino certainly also needs the purchase data so that users can claim their prizes.

As a concern for other people who gamble, they should always remember the place where they gamble so that incidents like this don't happen again. And the most important point is that when gamblers have finished buying lottery tickets, they must keep the tickets and do not omit it before the winner is announced.

I think this is a case of denying winners of their rewards as against forgetting where he played the tickets, he started clearly that he's been trying to get his rewards for over a year and the casino isn't responding. He emailed, called and did all manner of things to get them pay him, all to no avail until his activist friend stepped in and used media and  all other tools present to pressure them into releasing his wins.

Such casino should be penalized by the casino federation for perceived fraudulent approach to dealing with their client. Gamblers should stick to reputable casinos so they are not faced with difficulties in claiming their wins when the need arises.

It depends on the duration that lottery tickets can last before a winner can claim their win, if it's within months then it's possible for a person that buys tickets in different locations to forget where they bought the winning ticket. Where there's no excuse is if a winner must claim their win within a day or two, then it's supposed to be easier for him to figure out where he bought the winning ticket. I feel that unless a lottery company has a reason to suspect that the person that presented the ticket is not the real winner, then there's no genuine reason why they shouldn't pay the holder of the winning ticket, unless it's stated in their terms and conditions that winners must state where they bought their tickets. If it's not a norm among lottery companies to demand where a winning ticket is bought, then that lottery company probably wants to scam the winner.

This is a lesson to everyone who gambles. It is always necessary to read the terms of service of the betting company before placing any bet. From the news, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) has a policy of asking those who win $1000 and didn't place the bet from their platforms a few questions to verify if they are the real winners. Failure to give correct answers will lead to further investigation which will cause a delay in payment. If Rirong Zhou had read the ToS he would have known that the location and time of the ticket purchase are very important. Anyway, the good news is that his wins have been processed, so he will get his wins.

That's a weird requirement. The guy has a winning ticket. Why does he have to provide info about where he bought it?
I'm sure that the lottery administration can verify whether the ticket is real or fake. Providing info about where he bought it seems unnecessary. I don't buy lottery tickets, but I live in small town, so there's only one place where you could buy tickets. I guess that such problem won't occur to me, if I ever buy some tickers and win the lottery. ;D

That's the funniest way to avoid paying rewards to your customers, because how could he possibly remember where he last bought the ticket, especially since it's been 1 month. That's no reason why they refuse to pay rewards to users just because they don't remember where they bought the tickets. And what's more, they usually have specialists who deal with this and this problem should be resolved quickly - unless they really intend to run away from their responsibility. And the funny thing is that after this case was published in the media, only then did they give the reward to the man lol, they seemed shameless.

It's sad because he doesn't remember where he bought it, and since it's the lottery company's policy to ask important questions to avoid mistakes because it turns out that the person claiming it is not the real owner of the ticket, there's nothing he can do except try to remember or find out where he bought the ticket. Lottery companies certainly don't want to break their own rules because they don't want to be accused of cheating, so obviously the only way for the winner to get his prize is to remember where he bought it, and honestly I find it quite strange that he could forget where the ticket was bought at all.

I have never heard of a lottery not paying out because a person forgot where they bought the ticket. I would be having myself a long court battle if it were me, but let's get to the question you asked.

I only buy lottery tickets every once in awhile and usually only from 2-3 different gas stations, so if I were to win a big prize I would have no issue cashing in my winnings or whatever.

Was wondering how come that one forget where did they purchase the lottery ticket ? have been in
lottery in the part buying ticket from many areas of my country but each ticket i remember where i bought.

Also what I wanna ask is  I believe that lottery winners are entitled to claim the winning as long as
they have the ticket so why this become the problem here? is this the way of the lottery team to prevent
winners taking their money?

After reading the first part of the article I was shocked by how complicated it is to get your rightful prize with Ontario Lottery. I wanted to write here "I would ignore Ontario Lottery and play anywhere else". But then I read: "his cheque has been processed and will be sent shortly to him in the mail" which meant the prize will be received by the winner. So, no complaints about Ontario Lottery on my part. I like how they handle things.

No matter whether you can remember where you purchased all of your lottery tickets, if you win, you will receive your prize if you deal with a reputable gaming corporation.

Well it is only going to be possible and confusing if you are buying tickets often, randomly and also rampant that you won't be able to differentiate one for the other. But I think those who keep few stations as a place they purchase such ticket would easily identify where they bought it. In my country, there is a lottery company that has different stations across and it doesn't matter which station you bought your ticket, you can get paid from any station if you present a genuine and ticket that has not been ultered. There is also another company where you have to cash out from the station where you bet, so I would rather be careful when I buy from a company that is strict with where the ticket was bought.

this is the role of the media and it's good to know that they've made themselves useful at this instance.

Sometimes, the least things we take for granted becomes a serious problem for us when we least expect them. Most people are fine if betting at different shops and in different centers forgetting that on the part of the gambling owners, a win for the gambler means a loss for the gambling owners and that any form of carelessness on your part would be used against you.
like seriously. It's even strange that one has to visit shops to get betting ticket at this phase of life and still rely on physical means to be able to redeem his win. Crypto gambling is the best as you can comfortably place your bet at your convenience and get your reward without passing through the vigur of physical gambling.

In North Europe, it is quite popular to ask to provide a receipt when you participate in lotteries or small giveaways. A popular example: you can win bottles/devices/car as a main prize from Coca-Cola. Participation is simple - look under the cap and check the symbol. If exchanging cap to new bottle is simple, the if you win a car, you must provide a receipt that you have bought that bottle. Stupid rules, but I think that man, that is spoken about in topic name, is in a bit similar situation. Same goes with lotteries. If you are lucky to guess all the number in your lottery card, to get a prize you must provide a receipt. I dont know what the receipt is really for. To provide that the ticket is not fake? To prove that you havent stolen it?

This is nonsense reason from the lottery outlet to avoid payment. They can check the authenticity of the ticket by themselves since they have code on it which doesn’t need to be verified where this ticket purchased.

I do purchased lottery tickets in rare occasions and many players in my neighborhood manage to win a decent amount close to jackpot but they never encounter this kind of verification since the ticket alone is enough to claim the profit.

It’s odd since they should have record on where the ticket sold since an outlet registered it by themselves to the system.

If the lottery rules state that it is necessary to disclose the place of purchase of the ticket, then there is nothing left to do but follow this rule, otherwise you may lose the prize payment, as in the story of this man. If I were in his place, I would first check the lottery rules to make sure that the requirements for indicating the place of purchase of the ticket are legal, otherwise I would have suspicions that the lottery organizers are in this way trying to evade paying the prize money. In general, it is necessary to understand the nuances of this story.

For me personally, this is a little strange, not knowing (not remembering) the place where the ticket was purchased from the position of a gambler. And also, even stranger, from the position of the organizers, because money is concentrated in the places where tickets are sold, which means that precautionary measures are being taken - surveillance cameras, which could certainly have recorded this forgotten ticket buyer.

Most often, people buy lottery tickets near their homes. Probably, this man also bought somewhere near his place of residence (or work), because people’s daily travel routes actually remain unchanged. Unless, of course, the prize ticket ended up in his hands in some other way (possibly criminal).

I don't think it's necessary to tell them where you bought the ticket. Their job is just to verify if the ticket is real and then pay the corresponding winnings if it is proven real. This kind of procedure could sometimes lead to not getting our winnings if we forget where we obtained the ticket. Tickets don't need to be bought all the time; someone can also give them to you. But these details aren't necessary anymore. As I've mentioned, they just have to verify the ticket. That's it.

It's actually a good news, he was lucky enough to have been paid because in situations like this, they will just take back the funds and not even think about giving it back to him which I had expected when I read through through the post at first place. But is it really necessary to ask for whee his ticket was initially bought? I believe that these were all just a scope attempt to try and default his lottery price. So many cases like this end up not been resolved. If the media had not intervened, he probably won't have gotten his winnings released untime or totally.i also think that there should be a way to check for the place of purchase on the ticket because it's not possible for a ticket not to have an id.

My opinion on that story - that man should not get his prize, because his intentions on gambling wasnt serious. He has got that ticket without any hope to win a price, that is why I think, if he gets his prize in the end, he wont use it wise. Probably waste it in few days on bs. How much was that prize? A bit more than 1k? Add it to a next jackpot, give that man several lottery tickets and close that case.

To contribute meaningfully to this discussion, I have alot of questions to ask, and the first would be, after buying a ticket, how long does it take before the winner of a lottery is announced?
And Secondly, is it possible to buy a lottery ticket at multiple places? Like multiple outlets?

To the first question, if after buying a lottery ticket, it still takes a really long time, like six months to one year or more, before a winner is announced, and also, if the answer to the second question is a yes, that it's possible to buy tickets to a lottery at multiple places, then I personally believe it's highly possible for any one to forget the particular place where they bought a particular ticket, but I still consider this a very rare case, because I assume that every one playing the lottery should have a particular place where they purchase the ticket.

I will fault the man for being so careless with the game, to the extent of forgetting where he bought the ticket, but on the other hand, maybe he played the game and was never expecting to win, and this is why he did not bother keeping record of where the tickets were bought from.

Anyways, I've never played an offline lottery before, but if I've ever, it's only ones that only takes about 3 hours for results to be announced, so, there is no way i will forget where I bought ticket to such lottery game.

Exactly, the most important thing is the ticket itself, because that will be the thing that will certify your win, and the authorities don't care if that is your ticket. Because the information if that is your ticket. Because the information about where the ticket came from is in the ticket itself, it has details and a unique serial number, which is unique in every lottery booth, so I think the topic itself is nonsense, because there are some news stories or articles about a lottery winner who couldn't get their prize just because it couldn't state where he bought the ticket, and it's common sense that all bettor in the lottery will know where they bought the ticket unless that ticket is not yours, but again, the information is not necessary when claiming the price. I don't know where OP got that kind of question or if he even thought about it before creating a topic for it, because from what I saw, most of the comments on the topic are nonsense.

So, he didn't notice that he won $1000+ from his lottery ticket and the rule says that a claim over that amount should have a cheque after 6-8 weeks, according to the article. But it has been a year and they have not received anything yet.

This is hilarious. Why would the lottery even care about where he bought the ticket, they can check it themselves because they have the records. I thought about what they should be pursuing the identification of the ticket buyer so they can give out the prize properly and then check if the ticket is legitimate. That's all they need. If the ticket won, there should be no more questions unless they don't want to pay. They have the authority to check it and the equipment too, I don't think there should be a problem with that.

As a gambler if two or at most three gambling officies is not satisfactory to your gambling engagement then there is something really wrong with the person(s) and which is possible they definitely need urgent gambling counseling against addiction.

Speaking of agent address code on the bet-slip, the ink that they do use nowadays fades off  too quick and a gambler could lose claiming his money if the codes are incorrect. What I do is to make sure I write those codes out into a jotter to keep at a usual safe place if it's a bet that the games are going to run for some weeks to avoid such ugly scenario whereby the gambling agents will deny me claim of my win.

I agree with you because I have also witness something like this and I think that might just the problem with it.

Maybe someone might lost his ticket and someone else might picked up the ticket and claim it to be his even when he know it's not his but might not be confident to talk about it as of that time because he might be afraid, so that he might be embarrassed or disgrace. Because for me and I'm sure I'm the real owner of it, I will make sure I will see the place or locate the place just to make sure I collect my price but if only I want to collect a good amount of price.

What your saying for me is valid because anything you value there must be a certain preference given, I even doubt how one will buy ticket your hoping to win will not keep records of the place as it's the only means to get your money if there is a win.
If the person is saying of misplaced of tickets I would consider it as normal thing as it can happen to any one , based in individual difference of how caution we operate in keeping valid documents but booking tickets without knowing the place is some how though it all depends on individual.

Very funny but sad thing is that even after winning the ticket in the lottery he is unable to collect the lottery money because he already lost the lottery. Since he lost and forgot where he collected the lottery from, there is no chance of him getting the lottery winnings.
However, all the lotteries that are organized by the government in our country are mainly sold through banks at various branches and if the tickets are lost for any reason, then if you contact the bank, you can collect duplicate tickets again, there is no problem in this case.

If you read the article, the man was able to collect his prize winning. So he didn't lost the lottery, instead it was just drag for months and thanks to Canadian media and exposure, his case was put into the spotlight and so they have to pay him his prize.


Never heard of lotto tickets though being sold through banks. Mostly, they are being sold by authorized dealer or shop by the government. So they will have the copy of the winning ticket as well and they know what branch have sold it.

Is there a note on the casino in order to claim the winning? if there's already a note on there, the gambler should be blamed since he's careless since he didn't read it. But, if the casino didn't have notes, the casino is shady since they want to make the gambler will not able to claim his winnings.

After all, this story will make people in this forum aware to ask the casino's employee to claim the winnings in order to avoid this case happened to them. Good information @OP.

There's was an instruction on where to claim the prize. But if you will read the article, it indicates that the announcement of winner was done not a few weeks ago or a few months ago, but a year ago. Wherein, it is also said:

That's also a long time ago that anyone would really forget where they purchase their ticket.

Then the first requirement to claim his prize is to confirm the location of where he purchased it which is being done to confirm if he's the real owner of the ticket.
He's lucky to still be able to claim the prize despite being a year late claiming it.

Anyways, yes, it's a great awareness for everyone to look into especially for those people who always buy a lottery ticket.

Maybe the gambler in question was on alcohol or high on cheap weed that will make him forget where he bought his lottery ticket from. If not how is that possible. Assuming he lost his ticket that is understandable, but this is about your own brain to think where he got that ticket from. Who knows if he claims to be the owner but he is not. Gamblers can be funny sometimes, and act funny, because of big dreams.

           -   It is possible to forget where the ticket was purchased, especially if the person who bought it is old, or someone else may not remember where they bought it. Because the important thing is that he has the ticket, and it will be properly given to the person in charge if he ever wins the jackpot prize.

I have never heard of a lotto winner being disqualified just because they couldn't remember which lotto outlet they bought it from. Because they needed to claim their prize jackpot, they had to hold the ticket to prove that they really were the winner.

Ontario Lottery has different policy and I think other countries has different policy too over claiming lottery prize.

I read the article and I learned that they have a standard protocol of asking some questions to verify that the lotto winner is the rightful owner of the ticket. Also the victim in subject is not old but in mid range man which is capable on remembering where he purchased his ticket.

I believed the main concern is not answering security verification but rather the claiming time is already over due to the delayed transfer of the money until they use the security verification question as reason to delay the released of reward.

That is kind of weird if you asked me,. here works different here in country he comes to lottery. One does not need to know exactly where or at what agency one acquired or purchased the winning ticket.
Actually, the only thing that matter is you have the ticket to proof you are the rightful winner then give that winning ticket to an agency which is an official representative of the lottery, it does not even need to be the same place where one bought the ticket.
If there is any reasonable explanation to this, then I cannot find it, beyond giving more excuses for lottery winners not being able to get their prize because little details which have be irrelevant when compared the high amount of luck he had to get the weight ticket. I am pretty much in favor on how it works here in my country, It is easier that straightforward enough for anyone never to lose their won money to administrative and inner regulatory stupidness by those lottery companies...  ::)

Bet shops in my area operate in similar rules, if you can't provide the best slip or your ticket then you can't claim your mkney if you won it, so you would see a lot of persons holding on yo their slips cause they know its the olby way to get their money, there was even a man that played a long running game for about 3 months and when hiswon the game he had to start finding the slip, he Brought an only copy for them but they didn't accept, so he had yo start looking for it, luckily he found it in his old jeans trousers.

I see no need putting blames on the casino for their refusal to pay the supposed claimant, we are talking about a huge amount of money and it is very possible that anyone can just walk to the casino and try to claim what is not rightfully his. I find it hard to believe that someone will be unable to give any information on where and how he bought the lottery tickets, chances are that it is either he is lying or he bought the ticket from an unauthorised vendor. People can be tricky therefore we need to be smart not to fall for any form of blackmail.

If i ever play any lottery, I'll make sure i keep every documents pertaining to the lottery intact, including receipts, tickets and even the most insignificant writeups on a plain sheet. I should be able to proof that i am the bonafide winner. If at the end of the whole investigation and he is still not given the money, his carelessly caused me such great loss.

From what I read, the gambler tried reaching the physical lottery point severally through calls and emails, yet it was futile to claiming his  reward, they always assure him of its redemption, but its  all a deceit and kinda delay for him to forget about the ticket, but his activist friend rose up to the challenge and dragged the organization until they finally paid him off.

He might have been drunk or high as you said, furthermore very careless to only have observed that he won the ticket months later before he pursued his wins. Its possible that the lottery branch he played in had waited and since he's not showing up thought possibly that he's not going to come and achieved his funds, he showed up from nowhere to demand his wins forcing then to vomit what they've already swallowed which must've led to the longer time of unresponsiveness.

And if it's a gift, as you claim, how does one confirm it was a gift by a third person who, upon hearing that the ticket was winning, might claim it was stolen by them? It's generally a complex matter, and it's understandable that they're asking questions to verify that he's the legitimate owner of the ticket.

The article mentions doesn't disclose what further investigation the OLG did in order to release the money and send the check; it only implies that it was received well over a year later, while it usually requires 6 to 8 weeks.

Complete garbage.  Why would that even matter in terms of validating a winning ticket.  What if you are drunk and bought a lottery ticket and forget.  Who cares.  Just another way to collect tons of money with all these loopholes of why they don't need to pay.  So scammy.

Indeed, it's a complex situation that really needs careful attention in order not to give out the lottery reward to someone who does not deserve it.
 
My own here is just that it's very uncommon for someone to forget about the origin of their lottery ticket. That's why I assume, "Unless it's something that was given to him or her by someone else and he doesn't know where the person originally got it from,. 
 
Since the reward was later handed over, it means the person has somehow cleared the air that it truly belongs to him and that it was not something that was illegally obtained.

Exactly to me, I see no reason why they will deprive him of collecting his price when he has already won the lottery. Although many casinos have their own rules, to me, I can just say that it might be that the casino didn’t want to pay him his money; if not, they would most likely be an indication that they might see and if the ticket has been sold in any other branch of the casino without any difference, so I see no reason to tell him to know the exact place that he obtained the ticket from.

Although I have ever encountered similar issues, that one is the winner at fault because he won the game but lost his ticket, which he has no proof to claim the money. That is why I prefer online casinos. All these issues will not be present, and it will be less stressful and also very confidential. No one will know your secret, no one will know if you are a gambler or not, and that is the best.

The narrative of a man winning the lottery but unable to retrieve his prize as he could not recall where he purchased his ticket is rather fascinating. It brings into light the need to maintain a record of such purchases, perhaps more so if you still deal with physical tickets. An intriguing story indeed, with a valuable lesson to be learned.

If you are among the individuals who still use physical tickets, it would be a good idea to keep evidence of your purchase. For instance, jot down the date and place of purchase on the back of the ticket or hold onto the receipt from the transaction.

Remembering every place you bought a lottery ticket in the last six months might be hard, especially if you buy from many different places often. Keeping clean records can make it easier to substantiate purchases and sidestep situations where awards go unclaimed.

What do you think? Do you find yourself compelled to start recording where you purchase lottery tickets?

They could also consider it a security measure instead of directly calling it a means to deny the person access to the payment, but at the end of the story, their scam scheme didn't succeed as the man didn't give up. How he did it was not mentioned in the article, but it was later said he was later handed over a desire reward after several months of battle.

Lolz!! The topic made me laugh. This has happened to many gamblers. There was a day I put the ticket/slip in my pant pocket and I forget to removed it and I watched the pants so I lost the ticket. And the following day the game enter but no way to claim the price so I lost the winning just like that. So this is not a new thing in the gambling industry but a frequent scenario for gamblers. And why the guy for get where he bet the slip because he has bet in many betting shops and probably the ticket is not even from his location but I'm another community where has travelled to. If not the matter what, the name of the casino must be on the ticket which he would have used to locate the bet shop in his location but probably it was from another side.

It's a standard security thing, the tickets have  no nominal data on them so it opens a lot of possibility of fraud and theft which is not uncommon
Massachusetts store clerk and co-worker indicted after allegedly stealing $3 million lottery ticket
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/3-million-lottery-ticket-stolen-massachusetts-store-clerk-carly-nunes-indicted/
Two female employees of a lottery retail outlet in Ontario were arrested and are facing charges for their alleged involvement in claiming of a prize from a stolen winning ticket, according to reports.
https://www.hcamag.com/ca/specialization/employment-law/2-employees-arrested-after-claiming-prize-from-winning-lottery-ticket/490821
Winning $50K lottery ticket stolen from store by employee
https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/winning-50k-lottery-ticket-stolen-from-store-by-employee-opp

and a hundred more, ticket theft still is quite rampant despite a ton of new procedures and security, and despite clerks being told to remind customers about this.



Where do I say he has lost a thing and how would he have lost in the first place?
Did you actually read the article posted, he already cashed in!

Totally forgetting where he bought his ticket could create another issue, that he might only steal that ticket from a shop or certainly from its original owner. There’s no way you will forget that, unless if you are drunk that time you bought it.

However, the important thing is this issue has been resolved already and his winning prize is already in process. But maybe this could leave a lesson somehow to always remember or even record where you purchase your ticket cause it might be a big deal when you happen to win the jackpot.

It will be that specific lottery, in real terms they do a stupid verification, and if they don't approve it, there is a secondary review that takes months, to finally pay..

What a stupidity, and honestly knowing where you bought a ticket can be complex if you are a hardened player, you buy a ticket in any business where you see one.

^{ah, BTW they paid him the prize}.

I think it is possible to say or draw out where he purchase the ticket even if it was from 6 months, cause for sure he would know where he would always purchase ticket if he has been doing it for a long time, and if it is just out of nowhere then he could still have some place in his mind if he is the real owner of that ticket.
But for me if he have the winning ticket then why wouldn't they release it, or give him the amount that the ticket won?

I am a forgetful person and I may not remember exactly where I've bought things like a lottery ticket but I can have some descriptions to say but not exactly where I am able to purchase it. So, that might help for our future lottery winners here if you can just have some few descriptions to remember.

This is good news. Actually, if he's got the ticket then it's a testament that he did really bought for the ticket. It's a case to case basis and they can have it checked on their database where the ticket was purchased. I am not sure with these companies because they have records of it but they just want to hear it out from the winner for verification. Or they don't want to distribute the prize money of that guy that he deserves. Anyway, the winner has been cleared and they're going to release that then. Still, a happy ending that we've got here from this story.

Well I don't do lottery tickets that much but I do understand the fact that keeping to vital information is key especially when they find a place to trap you. For some reason I won't blame the fellow because he might have actually had some feelings of nonchalance because of maybe due to the fact that the many they have bought have all been asked. Even in your betting accounts one can still make Mistakes, @when you fail to have the right credentials for the Watters.

I think it can be verified on the ticket itself where it was bought, that's a lot of pressure from a person who purchased the ticket to provide full information. Unlike here in my place when you won a certain lottery then there's no hassle you can claim your price instantly if the ticket is legit and authentic. The only problem here is that he been delayed in claiming the price because it's already been 6 months, that's why there's always a lot of requirements. Unless if attempt of claims will be done in a short period of time I guess it won't take a problem on verification.

Alot of people have a routine to playing the lottery and would never have a problem with this but still I think its unfair completely.    I do understand the other side of this is security to check the validity of a win and the winner being an actual genuine player.

I have read of false circumstances where the 'winner' was given a ticket and told to pick up winnings, this can occur where some corruption in the system is attempted to cover up.   Sometimes at the retail side of things but also even internal staff have been caught involved in collecting winnings which at that point is illegal hence they do checks.  I do find it completely unfair to assume someone is guilty and deny them a prize, there should be some burden of proof to confiscating winnings.  

Obviously there is massive bias in this system for a lottery to find they no longer have to pay out but can keep the money.  That does seem wrong and unfair on purpose sadly.

I personally think I can remember where I bought my lottery ticket, but that's for me personally. I rarely buy one, so if I do buy one and win? Pretty sure that's going to be a pretty memorable experience. Still, kind of feels dumb that they require you to identify where you bought the ticket what? Don't they record lottery tickets and stuff like that in their system? At least that's how I'm familiar with it. Without something like that winners would probably takes months of review before they're able to determine that the ticket owner is indeed them lol.

Still seems like the man got his money though. Grats to him.

Is this really a requirement to claim our lottery wins? Damn, but I heard in the past that winners are only claiming their prizes in the main office of the lottery company and they may not ask us anymore if where did we bought our tickets. What is only important is, the ticket is still clear/clean and crisp. I remember there was also a sad story in regards to that, and it is when the winner is going to redeem his prize with his ticket. There is a complication because his tickets were fading already, as it was washed in the laundry inside the pocket of his pants. IDK if they are not really destined for it, but maybe it was only/also their fault because they are too careless.

Previous six months? I don't think drawing takes that long and then if we win, I think we need to claim our prizes as soon as possible, though, processing might take time, especially if the prize is huge. If it is nothing to do with winning and that is simply a question to test our memory, I think yes, there are people who have a sharp mind to still remember it, more if they only buy the tickets in one location.

I don't know how It works this lottery but if this information Is crucial to redeem the prize, It should be know by the player (and maybe highlighted by sellers).
If this Is just a solution to not pay the winning It would be very bad...
At least in my country, many of these litigations have been take in court (of course It depends the amount involved...)

Does it mean this man has over a 1000 places where he usually buys lottery tickets from? Because even if they are up to 100 or above places where he usually buys lottery tickets from, he should have at least been able to remember and visit those places one after another for recheck and validation, which is exactly what I would have done if I was to be in his shoes, because depending on how much that is involved in the lottery ticket won will determine how desperate I will be to find the exact place, because we all know that when money is put at stake, it motivates us the more to go extra miles, which is exactly what I would have done. But if I may ask, should the place where the ticket was bought be the primary requirement for accessing one's fund? I thought the authenticity of the ticket should have been the primary basic requirement.

Impossible that he forgot it. It might be either it's not his ticket or somebody bet it for him but if that's the case he should at least have any leads to where it came from. You won't be in that many lottery branches not unless you are moving  places from time to time. I just wonder, won't it be checked on the branches he tend to visit? Well, it would require effort but that's nothing if he would be able to get his lottery reward. Such thing won't happen on aa regular basis and that should be enough to tell him that he should be putting time into it.
The lottery might have its rules regarding this which is why they are asking him to comply with what's being asked. Imagine him not getting the prize; it would really feel him bad of what he has done. Will be a huge lesson as well but I hope he'd get it eventually.

From my little understand I think the owner of the tickets haven't won before and this is the first time he has won from lottery tickets. I  know the feelings that when a gambler have gamble for half a year and he haven't won anything he won't even put much interest when he's betting because he might be thinking that since he haven't won any of the tickets games before both the new one he is about to purchase will still loss, so in this case he won't put much interest on the ticket. However another reason might be that he has been buying a lottery ticket from different stores that's why he couldn't remember the actual shop that he bought the lucky lottery ticket.

I don't know how such company organize their lottery but they ought to specify the process of redeeming the price. If they did and they man forgot, then it is entirely his fault if he couldn't collect his money. In my country we have a company called ROS Lotto that have outlets all over the city and down to the villages. Irrespective of where the game was placed, every winning is usually referred to any of their main offices that is located in all major cities of my country. As soon as the ticket is confirmed to be a winning ticket, the owner can be paid from any main office.

From the article, it states that players coming to claim prizes that are $1,000 and above should be able to answer a few questions correctly which includes him telling them the exact store he got the tickets - and failure to that that might result in delayed payment and further investigation until it has been proven that he his the owner of the ticket and it wasn’t obtained through devious means.

Although, he has been able to get his reward from the company - probably due to the pressure of media, since they wouldn’t want to be painted has a company that failed to fulfill their duty to their customers.

Since we are talking about 6 months past time then it would really be likely that even that ticket had completely forgotten or simply being put up on the trash. For me then it would really be that unlikely that you wont really be that tending to check out those number combinations at the moment that you would really be that betting on lotteries on which you would really be tending to check out on whats the draw results even if its means on day to day basis but i cant blame them out on which on the moment that you are tired on checking out those combinations on day to day specially if you've been that long time buying those tickets and ended up on losing then
there's really indeed a time that you wont really be caring about on the results that you do have with those purchased tickets and one day you have that seen that you've won but the questions is,
are those tickets still being kept or have already that been thrown into the trash can? We do know that 6 months time isnt something that you would really be that a fan on trying to look
back and check it out.

I don't quite understand how that can be a security measure.  In the end the ruling commission gives authority for these places to sell lottery tickets.  It shoudlnt be up to the winner to prove where they bought it, if it can be determined to be a legitimate ticket.  At least in the US where it's heavily regulated.  Believe it or not a lot of lottery winning tickets go unsold.  They try to make it difficult so they can keep 100%

To me I can classify the man as a lazy man or an unserious person unless the man is too old then that is allowed because they brain is no longer functioning as a young person so the person can easily forget things we really find a lot of older age in gambling especially so if this is happen to an old man it's normal, some older people usually forget things up and down so they stress themselves I am just saying if this is happening just for old person.

That's not possible!!! What sort of extension games would take 6 months to be settled? It's either you just made up the duration or the storyline isn't just correct.

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The man isn't supposed to be denied his winnings as long as he produced a ticket for accountability in the same casino house as he wagered. Unless they have a different rule in land-based casinos in their region, the casino is supposed to be sued for the delay..
Secondly, an accounts is linked to atleast 4 cashiers in a casino house. If you wagered with any of those cashiers, your winning will be paid directly to the admin account SO, YOU CAN'T BE PAID ANYWHERE ELSE!!

According to the article “ Zhou purchased a Lotto 6/49 ticket in April of 2023 ::/:: In October he submitted a claim to the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) to collect his winnings of $1,186” - if you do the maths that’s approximately 6 months, the article didn’t state when the game was drawn (we don’t even know what type of lottery it is, if it’s one that’s drawn weekly or not) so I’m not sure what date the winning ticket was announce thus the reason I used 6 months in my post. The whole issue dragged up till a year, before being settled after the media got involved.

Always play your tickets online is the lesson to learn from this, I hear way too often people losing tickets.  Its bound to happen because most tickets do not result in a win so are worthless paper and at the same time this ticket could be the most expensive piece of paper you ever had.   

I cant trust myself not to lose a ticket so I will always opt to play via their system.  If they then come up with a reason why online is somehow not a location they can verify as valid then we going to have words because its entering scam territory at that point.

I'm happy to know that in my country there is an electronic lottery system in which when people buy a lottery ticket the system detects all that person's data, things like their ID number, the person's home address and more, so really If the person lost the ticket, the lottery company would contact the winner, because they have the telephone number, they have the winner's home address, so the winner will have their prize. Now something I can't understand is how it is possible that in countries with more technology than my country, they are not well organized when it comes to the lottery, it seems that the lottery companies in these other countries are rooting for the winners to lose their money. tickets and don't claim the prize

Then it is possible for the man to forget where he got his lottery ticket from because maybe he was in somewhere at that time and decided to buy a lottery ticket. The time period is damn long for anyone to make the same mistake, as long as you are used to buying lottery tickets in random places.

The one I have heard of is about someone that lost his ticket and he won a huge amount of money. He was denied his win and that was the gambler's fault. This is why I don't like a bet that take long time before the result will be out.

I have nevered play any physical or gambling, I just don't fancy it and this a more turn off for me.

There are so many risks with the physical lottery or gambling with the ticket, I just remember a thread that was about a man who after about a decade was paid  If ican remember correctly, because his grand daughter went to iron the ticket after accidently wetting it where by somethings was cleared from the ticket which the reward worth thousands or million of dollar and It seems this was the reason the organisation didn't want to pay even after he sued them till about a decade  where they had no choice since no other persons has come to claim it.

That's unusual all lottery outlets are interconnected by one database they can tell right away the location of the winner even the time when he purchased the ticket that's how our lottery system works here, so even if you buy tickets in 10 locations and you turned out to be the winner they can trace your location and time, but they cannot expose your identity.
I didn't know that one requirement to collect your prize is to state where you purchased in other countries, they should take down that requirement, the ticket is your only requirement to collect the prize.

Well, of course I personally know where I bought my tickets maybe that guys was just overwhelmed because of the winnings he had but is it really a requirement to tell anyone where we bought our tickets just to prove we own it? Serial numbers on the ticket I think has all the details where it was originally purchased I don't think it needs to be that complicated as it will just violate the persons privacy and safety if he has to say it.

regarding the title of the thread, after quickly reading through the article, while he had issues claiming his winnings, in the end, he was able to claim them because a news media took interest in his story and reported it on TV. but sadly if the news media didn't run his story I have a feeling he would still have trouble claiming his winnings to this day.

yeah, currently I only buy lottery tickets at two lottery booths, because they are in an area I always go to, coincidentally this makes it easier to remember where I bought my lottery tickets. also, me only buying lottery tickets from two lottery booths is not some kind of superstition, they are just a convenient area.

I can't believe I'm reading this. Are you serious? I guess, we are lucky you don't run a lottery, mate! :) It doesn't matter whether someone is going to use his prize wisely or not, if he won it he must receive it. Besides, this guy from this particular story received his prize in the end with just a little delay. That's how it should be. Kudos to Ontario Lottery for that.